Numismatic Literature was the Society's annotated bibliography of published work in all fields of numismatics. At its core NumLit was
a text archive that supports multiple delivery formats, one that
was designed for longevity in the face of rapid technological
innovation. For users, NumLit existed as subject and author
indexes that were regularly updated as new titles are entered. The
titles were also listed in the reverse order of when they were added. It
had been published since 1947 and the final published volume is No. 149
(2007). Please note that NumLit is no longer published. All previous volumes of Numismatic Literature may be read and downloaded via HathiTrust at no charge.

Our first app, Ancient Jerusalem in VR, is available for download on
Google play! The app allows users to experience ancient Jerusalem, as it
was 2,000 years ago, from four vantage points. Here’s everything you
need to know about each of them! Click here to download the app and experience this ancient wonder for yourself.

Modern street level

You are on a 15m column in front of
the Temple’s Western Wall. This is the current ground level when you
visit the site today. You are surrounded by domestic housing. To your
left is Wilson’s Arch and a bridge that gives access to the temple
complex. Behind the observer are views of the surrounding
landscape including distant glimpses of the fortification wall and
residential areas. The remains of the fortification wall are scant in
modern Jerusalem, so a reconstructed version is used here based
on chronologically parallel examples...

NB: URLs marked with [PDF] link directly to a pdf-file, so better use your "Save as..." button on those to
prevent that your browser will "freeze.

NB: When doing any scientific work, be on the alert for the fact that freely
available digitised volumes on the Internet (vs. commercial products) may
contain errors, notably when it concerns the plates or appendices. Plates
are clearly the weak side of Internet digitalisation: often their resolution
is too low, they are scanned only partially, or they are left out altogether.
As an example: in the below mentioned scans of MEEF 5 (Edouard Naville,
The Shrine of Saft el Henneh and the Land of Goshen (1885), London, 1887),
plates 2, 3, 5, and 6 have only been scanned on the show side of
each folded page, and plates 1 and 4 are missing altogether.

Thursday, December 29, 2016

'Atiqot is the refereed journal of the Israel Antiquities Authority. It is published four times a year. The contents of the printed version is uploaded to the e-journal website. No changes are made to articles post-publication. The printed journal is available via the IAA website.

Range of Topics.‘Atiqot covers a large chronological span, from prehistory up to the Ottoman period. Excavations are studied from various aspects and disciplines—often the result of the close interaction between researchers of the IAA and outside specialists. Thus, a report should include, in addition to the stratigraphic analysis, comprehensive treatments of the archaeological data, including studies of the various groups of finds, such as ceramics, glass, stone and metal objects, coins, jewelry, textiles, etc., as well as the geological, botanical, faunal and anthropological evidence. Laboratory analyses, such as petrography, radiocarbon dating and metallurgy, should be included where relevant.

The archaeological data published in ‘Atiqot are not confined to a specific range of periods or topics, but to a geographical area—the Land of Israel—which has been influenced by almost every ancient culture that existed in the Levant. The journal thus presents comprehensive research on the region and its connections with the neighboring countries. The publication is devoted to final reports and shorter articles, although occasionally a volume is dedicated to a particular topic (e.g., burial caves, agricultural installations), period (e.g., prehistoric, Islamic) or site (e.g., Acre, Jerusalem).

Excavation Reports. The papers published in ‘Atiqot are primarily the result of salvage excavations conducted by the IAA. Their results are sometimes unexpectedly important, filling in gaps that could not be understood by localized studies of the larger tells. ‘Atiqot is one of the few vehicles for imparting this important data and therefore a primary asset to any scholar in archaeology.

Bilingual Journal. The journal is bilingual, publishing articles in English or Hebrew; all Hebrew reports are accompanied by English summaries keyed to illustrations in the main text.

A Villa and a Pottery Kiln from the Late Roman–Byzantine Periods at ‘En Ya‘al (Nahal Refa’im), Jerusalem (with a contribution by Anat Cohen-Weinberger)(Hebrew, pp. 71*–119*; English summary, pp. 107–110)

Oqimta is a digitized research journal devoted to all spheres
and types of talmudic and rabbinical literature – Halakha and Agada

The articles in this journal undergo academic appraisal and
redaction, and are published in the accepted languages for Judaica
research.

Oqimta will be appearing once a year, in digitized form, and
is available free of charge to the reading public.
Articles that have completed the publication process will be uploaded to
the site prior to the finalization of the issue, and can be found on
the "In Publication" page.

The Dialogue in the Tales of the Sages
in the Babylonian Talmud as Reflected
in the Stories about Sages and their Wives
(Heb.)
dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Avigdor Shinan, The Hebrew University, 2014

Meir Lugasi

The Four Classes of Damages in the Opening Sugyot to
Tractate Bava Kamma in the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds (Heb.)
M.A. Thesis under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Amit, Bar-Ilan University, 2015

Yachin Epstein

Studies in Massekhet Kalla Rabbati – Text, Redaction and Period (Heb.)
dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Robert Brody, The Hebrew University, 2009

The primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available.

The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home at the time AWOL was launched. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period.

AWOL is the successor to Abzu, a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world, founded at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in 1994. Together they represent the longest sustained effort to map the development of open digital scholarship in any discipline.